THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. u il-olumbian. ESTABLISHED 18B6. 'tlUe Columbia gemoirrat, JtSTABiilSllED 1937. CONSOLIDATED lS(i9. fCBLISUED VEUV THUKSDAY MOUSING iv tlloomsburg, the County scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. tteo. E. ELWELL Editor. I). 3. TASKEH, LOCAL ElMTOK. JBO. ('. ItOAN, FORRXIN. vimid: Inside tnecGur.:.y tl.00 a ycnrln ad- aucn; (1.50 It not paid lu auvanrc Outside bfl county, $l.S5 a year, strictly In advance, ill communications should be addressed to TUB COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa. THURSDAY, NOVKMREK l8, 1897. The bottom has fallen out of the prosecutions for alleged bribery grow ing out of the fight for United States Senator in the last legislature. At Easton, last Friday, the grand jury ig nored the bill against General Reeder and put the costs on Van Valkenburg, the prosecutor. And now it is ru mored that the case against E. A. Van Valkenburg at Pottsville has been settled,and will be nol prossed on payment of costs by the defendant. No one ever expected that the Re publican leaders would allow these cases to be tried, as it would show up the rottenness of that party. Pattison Tor Governor- Hastings' Banking Partner Also Mentioned by Democrats. The Democrats of Allegheny coun ty are of the opinion that a move is on to make Robert E. Pattison the Democratic candidate for Governor. It is cl limed that W. F. Harrity was responsible (or the large vote of Dr. Swallow in Lycoming, Dauphin, Clearfield, Blair, Lancaster, York, itre, Cambria, Columbia, Hunting dor, Cumberland, Montgomery and Northumberland Counties. It is point ed out that the Democratic vote fell f. 60,000 as compared with the vote c t for Myers against Haywood- It is charged by the Silver Demo c its that Mr. Harrity wished to dis- irage the continuance of the silver ag'tation in the State, and to belittle Chairman Garman. It is believed that if Mr. Pattison dyes not become the candidate J. i:nry Cochran, of Williamsport, will be the Democratic nominee. As Governor Hastings, Attorney General McCormick and Mr. Cochran are partners in a banking business at Bellefonte, knowing ones aver that if McCormick is the Republican can didate for Governor, Cochran will de cline the honor. WHAT WILL HE DO ? The hint that the president will ask congress not to do anything in refer ence to the war in Cuba is somewhat surprising, owing to the fact that his party, if not himself, had criticised President Cleveland for his refusal to do anything to end the war and for we wiue ainirence between his preaching and his practice. But if the president will ask con cress to refrain from n .; the war, what does he intend to do auoui me "Competitor" prisoners ? These prisoners have been kept in dungeons ever since their arrest, though the American people and the United States government contented this was done in violation of treaty rights. So far as is known the gov ernment abandoned ,them after mak ing this objection to their imprison ment. Now, Spain evidently wishing to win the sanction of the United States to a continuance of the horri ble butcheries and outrages which the Spaniards call heroic war in Cuba, has the president of the "Competitor" court-martial become ill to make room for a promise of amnesty to these prisoners. What does President McKinley think about this ? How can the United States government be satisfied wuh "amnesty" for men who have been so maltreated as these "Compe titor" men, especially since their mal treatment carries with it defiance and insult to the United States and con. tempt of treaty stipulations ? Either these men were innocent or guilty. In either case the treaty with Spain guar anteed them certain privileges or it didn't. The United States officially declared it did, and the position ought to be maintained. What will the president do about it ? Ex. The President lias consented to sit before a sculptor, who began modeling his clay on Tuesday. It is believed a plaster cast will be completed within a couple of weeks President McKinley will sit daily from 9 to 10 in the morning. The end of all interference with railroad traffic by yellow fever restric tions in Florida has practically been reached. Matters are now in a nor mal condition. The quarantine regu latum have been so far modified as to permit passengers from ail north ern points to enter the state 'without trouble or annoyance. THAT CIVIL WAR. A prophet foreign who is said to have foretold the Paris fire' predicts for 1898 a terrible civil war in the United States. For a foreigner the prophet has done very well. But as foreigners usually do. the prophet has not hit the mark squarely. The terrible civil war he has in mind Is the usual one of b.ittle, murder and sudden death, campaigns and con tracts, parades and profits. The civil wir of next year, and there will surely be one, will not be on tented fields, in desert and wilderness, but in towns and cities and hamlets ) not between soldiers on one side and warriors on the other, but between the advocates of reform and those who have made reform necessary. Next year governors, congressmen and state legislators are to be elected, and war will be waged against the bosses, the corrupt machines, the pro fessional officeholders and the specu lating politicians. The common peo ple will make a supreme effort - to throw off the shackles that have held them powerless while one man or a set of men named candidates for cer tain offices or divided offices among themselves. They will try to over throw the state, county and municipal bosses and combines that have band ed together for mutual profit and public plunder and place state, coun ty and municipality again in the con trol of the people to whom these belong. They will attempt to drive scoundrels from office, stop the pros tration of nation and state before corporate power, prevent trusts from owning, controlling and directing con gresses or presidents and generally try to drive the impure, the unholy and the vicious from politics, from office and from legislation. The people will be strenuously, violently and corruptly opposed by the bosses and the beneficiaries of low politics, and foreseeing the inevi table struggle at the pol's and misun derstanding its nature the prophet no doubt concluded the United States was to be plunged into a war of swords and guns instead of speeches and ballots. Ex. A Eival Tot Bryan. Tammany Democrats Will Back Parker for President, The success of Tammany in New York at the recent election is to be followed by an attempt to displace Mr. Bryan as the leader of the Democratic national party, and to make a New York man the next Democratic can didate for President. The man whom Tammany and Mr. Hill intend to boom is Justice Alton D. Parker. The fact that Justice Parker at the recent elec tion overcame McKinley's majority of 256,000 and carried the state of New York by 66,000 will be urged as a reason why the Democratic party should look upon him as the most available candidate for the Presidency. STATE NEWS. At Easton, on Friday, Andrew Smayda plead guilty to murder in the first degree for the fatal stabbing of Stephen Gaspar. Believing William T. Moyer, to whom she was married a month ago, has two wives living, Miss Julia Damp man of Reading has proceeded against him for bigamy. Matthew Delaney, aged 40, was ground to pieces by a freight train that he tried to board at Shenaudoah on Sunbay. At Bristol, Tuesday, William Nolf, for 2 vears a lock tender nn tn Delaware Division canal, fell in and was drowned. The contribution box. enntainintr a considerable sum of mnncv. was stolen Sunday night from St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Pottstown. Miss Mav McHale. nf Pnttevill,. fell on Tuesday in alighting from a train at MahanOV CltV. frar.tnrincr hpr hip and sustaining other serious in juries. A warrant has been ?qnfr1 at (Via instance of William R. Gates, of Leb anon, for the arrest of Assemhluman T5 TT T , 9i- . .. . J jr. n. jx.emnara lor embezzling $26.05. While walking along the road at Mahanoy City, Mrs. Mooney was struck by a runaway horse and had four ribs fractured and her head and limbs lacerated. John Logan, in his eighty-sixth year, has been postmaster at Cross roads, York county, continuously since 1839. By the explosion of a vat in a brewery at Hazleton, Tuesday, Hauy Messing was hurled against a wall and badly injured. Six cows on the farm of Snyder Reminger, Berks county, having been declared tuberculous, were killed by the direction ot the Department of Agriculture. While handling a flobert rifle on Tuesday, Edward, son of C. B. Hom er, of Chambersburg, aged 13 years, shot himself in the head by the acci dental discharge of the weapon. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company has been sued at Weatherly to recover $1378, the amount of the penalty for allowing taxes to become delinquent. GREAT SILVER PARTY DESIRED. Sovrrrliin Will Hnvo nn Opportu nity in Promote Ills Ambition. Tho Courier Journal, of Louisvillo, Kentucky, linger tho caption, "Sov ereign's Vaulting Ambition," fays: "The great secret Is out Rt lout. Mr. J. K. Sovereign, the retiring General Mnster Workman of the Knights of l.nbor, resigned his position in order that he might push his candidacy for President of the United States In 1900, "Ilelng free now from the responsi bilities of General Master Workman and having none of the former dlfllcul ties to contend with, Mr. Sovereign has a clear field before him, and delegates to the 'General Assembly openly ac. knowledged last night that Mr. Bov erelgn Is an avowed candidate for the Presidency of the United States when Mr. McKlnley'a term shall expire, and the movement of making him "field worker' Is the Initial step of the Gen eral Assembly of the Knights of Labor to launch Mr. Sovereign's boom. The effort will be made to unite the free silver forces as they were last year." "I have no Presidential aspirations whatever," said Sovereign yesterday. "My retirement from the head of the Knights of Labor Is not to conduct a canvass, but to devote my time partly to my own affairs and partly to work lng up the organization. If I should run for President, which Is out of the question, I would only get the laboring vote." "Do you Intend to take any part In politics?" asked the reporter. "I nm unable to say. One thing Is certain, and that Is that I am not a candidate for the Presidency." SETTLED OUT OF COURT. It Looks I.Ike llnrinnny In tbe Pfnn nylvnnln Itepubllcnn Hanks. It Is s;ihl ut Pottsville, Pa.. the case of E. A. Van Valkenburg, charged with conspiring to bribe Assemblyman Webster E. Weiss, of Northampton County, to vote for John Wanamaker ns nrnlnst the Hon. Poise Penrose for United States Senator during the last session of the Legislature, was settled on Monday hy vrmiion of District Attorney Bechtel. Pledges were made by defendant's counsel that all the court costs, amounting to about fifteen hundred dollars, would be paid. Tho defendant was discharged. The collapse of the case has been expected for the past few days. The charge, with the conspiracy charge against Gen. Frank Keeder, were the outcome of the fight between the tjuny and Hastings factions In the Kepubll- can party. Since the election In which Dr. Swal low, an Independent candidate for Stale Treasurer, got over one hundred thousand voteB, the Quay and Has tings men have shown signs of desir ing to forget their personal differences end to make up. The Hastings men let the case against Gen. Keeder go by j the board, and now In return the Van Valkenburg case, which was really filmed at Mr. Wanamaker, has been dropped. For a time at least there will be harmony or a truce among the Re publican forces. WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT. Mrs. Henry Wants the Nomination and Outline Her Platform. Mrs. Josephine K. Henry, of Ver saille, Kentn rky, who is being boomed for the Prohibition nomination for . President of the United States In 1900, I does not hope to be elected, but sho firmly believes that the day will come when a woman will be the Executive of this nation. She Is the only woman In Kentucky who ever ran for a State office. She was nominated by the Prohibition party for Clerk of the Court of Appeals In 1S90, and again In 1894. Making a spirited campaign after her first noml- I nation she received 6,000 votes. j Mrs. Henry has recently outlined the poncy sne wouia auopi in case or ner election as President, the central Ideas of which are: "The enfranchisement of American women," "free coinage of silver," "recognition of Cuban Inde pendence," "pension reform," "reduc tion of Federal offices," "a non-partisan tariff committee," "law-making lobbying a penal offense," and "the ab olition of the liquor traffic." Mrs. Henry Is an agnostic. The thinks Thanksgiving day should be abolished and that no reference to God should be made in the Constitution. Civil Service Test Case. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17. MaJ. W. H. Bmythe, the newly-appointed Postmas ter, assumed the duties of his office yesterday afternoon, and Informed MaJ. Couper, the assistant postmaster, that E. F. Blodgett, a Republican, had been appointed In his place. MaJ. Cou per refused to retire, asserting that he was protected by the Civil Service law. The new postmaster insisted. Couper went before the United States Court and obtained an injunction restraining MaJ. Smythe from Installing Blodgett until the Civil Service Commission ren ders an opinion in the case. (iav. Jones Steps Football. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 16. The Gov ernor of Arkansas is the first chief magistrate to disapprove of the game of football. In a letter to J. L. Bu chanan, the president of the State Uni versity at Fayettevllle, Gov. Jones takes the recent game between the Fort Smith and university teams as a text, stroni;ly condemns the sport as brutiil, and recommends that there be a stop altogether to the playing of tho gamu by the students of the university. The Governor Is an ex-ofllclo president uf the University Board of Trustees. Snlmtllnte for Ilubbrr. Denver, Col., Nov. 17. It is announced here that tho Right Rev. Dean II. Martyn Hart, of i!t. John's Cathedral, in tlitii city, had perfected an Invention which Is calculated to revolutionize the rubber trade. Tin) Dean, who is an expert chemist, woi I'.ed on It for months. The new sulistiince Is called perchold. It will cost only about five or six cents a pound. l'rooklyu Murder Mjulery, It Is 'Hid lecently tint ilHMpite the fact that Brooklyn's entire detective force has been at work since eurly Sunday tnoniiiif.', i:il- or no progress has been mail.) in tho nuare.li for tho murderer c;f 'j'lniiiiaa J. Lyons, the printer who waa found dead in tho lot on Tutton street between Haratopa and Ho;I;lri in avenues early on Sunday morning. READY FOR THE FALL OF 1897. We announce to t'ie public that our stock for the coming season is now complete in every department We are now showing a large and new line of Woolens purchased before the new Tariff Bill went into effect which means a saving of 15 to 20 per cent, to the buyer. We are now offering Fall Suits at the old pi ices' Our line of Over Coatings, Sui'.ings and Trouserings are more numerous than ever. We are putting up Fall Suits in City Style and at the lowest prices, consent with good mattiial and skilled workmanship. Four Points We Tav Special Attention To : Correct Stylo, Reliable Goods, Perfect Fit and Lowest Prices, Our long experience in the business enable us to give our customers full value for their money. Our Garments ar made by skilled workmen, our work we guarantee in every respect. A fine display now on exhibition in the window f Merchant Tailor, Hatter, and Gents Furnisher, REVOLUTIONARY 0LDiER3. Who Lived In Northumberland And Col umbia Counties. The Columbian has been furnished a list of the Revolutionary soldiers who at one time lived in Northumber land and Columbia counties. There appears to be no definite record re garding these men, and the Colum bian would be pleased to publish such sketches of the lives of the men as may be known t and contributed by readers. The list is as follows : Of Northumberland county John Adams, 1821; Jos. Altar, 1827; Samuel Blair, i8ji; Jacob Brown, 1815 j James Burk, died 1827; Blaney Cochran, 1816; John DeLong, i82t( William Fitzgibbons, 1828; Henry Guthart, 1818; Peter Haas, 1829; William Hollman, 1819; De Walt Lynn, 1829; Lorentz Wen del, 1 821; Nicholas Mantz, died 1828) James McClure, 1S23 ; Neil McCoy, died 1819; John Fainter, 1819 ; Wm. Reed. 1828; Peter Seitz, 1824; Wm. McGrady enlisted in Capt. Thomas Robertson's company, captured by Indians and taken to Niagara. Of Columbia county Robert Arm strong, 1827; John Carothers, 1S20; Wm. Clark, 1S23; Michael Dearinant 1818; Henry Ernwine, 1819: Joseph Madden, died 1823 ; Thomas Mc Hcr.ry. 1S24; Edw. Morrison. 1835; Jas, Smith Pollock, 1829; James Pratt, 1826 ; Jonathan Pray, 1818 ; 'Ihos. Shearman, 1825 ; Jonathan Lodge, 1S23. Any of the readers who can trace the lineage of the men named above and their histories, will greatly aid the historians by contributing sketches for publication in the Columbian. The information will also be valuable in identifying applicants for recogni tion in the hereditary patriotic socie ties, considerable interest being mani fested in this at the present time. No More Foot Ball, Girard College's President Forbids Students Playing it. President Fetterolf, of Girard col lege, Phila , has issued an edict against foot ball, and henceforth the students of that institution must keep off the gridiron. The ban on foot bill was the result of a boy having his leg broken last Saturday during a practice game. As soon as President Fetterolf learned of the accident he issued an order pro hibiting all future games. There are nearly 1,500 students in the collece. and the stoppage ot the game has caused great disappointment. A Colliery At Sheriffs Sale, The Natall Anthracite Company to Be Sold Out In December. The Natall Anthracite pany's colliery, at Shamokin, will, ac-' coroing to announcement made on Monday, be offered for sale by Sheriff T ' 1 . . ragiey, at sunoury Court House, Saturday, December a. L ast snrinir the colliery was under the Sheriff's hammer, but after $1,500,000 was Did, attorneys representing the con tending factions, known as the Kns. tetters, of Pittsburg, and Taylors, of iew one, agreed upon a postpone ment of sale, since which time the plant, employing 1200 men and boys, nas remained in idleness. Queer Election Board Sunburv Dailv 1 On eln inn Aav in East Cameron townshin. the tion board consisted of five persons who were all brothers-in-law. It is not often that one family can run an election, and ve doubt whether cni-h another case has ever occurred in the state. In part the board consisted of Emory Henninger, Monroe Whary and Joe Whary. The three above named married sisters by the name of Weikel. The balance of the board were Beniamin and Osr-ar Weiwi brothers to the girls who had married tne otner members ot the board. The news despatches tells us that Charles A. Dana made two million dollars in journalism, but it should be remembered that there was only one Dana, and he did not live in Col umbia County. Don't Tobacco Bp it ad Sinoks Your Lifo Away, If vou want to quit tobacco UBiuir easily and forever, beiimde wclltroujr, uiugiuttiu, full of new Hfo aud viKor, tulto No-To-Uno, tlia woudor-worker, tlmt makes wouk uion sirong. Many (fidu ton pounds In tun tluvs Over lOC.JOO cured. Iluy No-To-lluc of your diwgiht, under Rimrautee to euro, 6O0 or $1.00. llooklot and tumule mulled f reo. Ad. bUjriB Komody Co., Chicago or New York. To Have or Not To Have. That is the Question That is now ngitaling the minds of both biV and little folks. Chilly winter winds must be counteracted heavier clothing must be bought to do it. The time is up for putting it oil'. Every day's delay carries wilh it a risk of health. The buyers of this store are Undents of the question To Have or Not To Have and what it shall be. Underwear. . Nowhere in this section can you find a stock of Underwear as you can here. Our stock is the most complete and the as sortment the best. You can buy any kind, all kind?, and any price you may want. Lad 'res' Cottou Ribbed, extra heavy, drawers and vests, 2")c ea. Ladies' natural wool Yets and Drawers, nice soft goods, SlOOea. Ladies' Union Suits, natural wool, fiOc, 1.00, $110. Men's cottou ribbed, cotton fleeced liuetl, and (jo per cent, wool ribbed, at 50c ca. Men's natural wool, fleeced lined shirts and drawers, $1.00 ea. Children's cotton ribbed un derwear, 12c and upwards, ac cording to size. Children's natural wool, nice and soft, shirts and drawers, 35c and upwards, according to size. Men's Unlaundried WhitQ Shirts, "We offer you the finest and best made unlaundried white shirt for men you ever bought for the money. It is the Gar land, with the Non-Tearing Cushion Split neck band, and made of the finest of muslin, and with the best linen bosom. Price 50c. Ask to see it. Ladies' Coats. They are still going, what we have of them, at the same old price. All this year's goods ; best of makes and best of ma. terial ; .height of fashion. We offer best values in town. A good beaver cloth, unlined, fly front, buttons tight to neck, 14.00. Black astriken coat, unlined, fly front, $G.00. All wool " J J VMVM V VVU storm collar, fly front, $8.50. BLOOMSBURG, PA, Offioes at His Disposal. The election is over, but the trouble and annoyance of filling the offices will cause Auditor General elect Major L. G. McCauley of West Chester some uneasy moments before lie has everything adjusted to suit his many republican friends. There are not enough offices to go around, and the fellows who get left are bound to do considerable kicking. The offices which McCauley will have to fill and the salaries are as follows : Auditor general, $4,000 j deputy auditor gen eral, $3,000; corporation clerk, $3,000; corporation clerk, $3,000: chief clerk, $3,000, other clerks, $1,400 each j messenger, $1,200; night watchman, $900. Of course, it will be some time before these places are filled, but there are at present manv Republi cans throughout the Staie on -the anxiniiR hnrli Tlia 1 has more places' at his disposal than me uovernor, the latter having but six. Blankets. Another case of those Blank ets, that are the talk of the town, at ;;c j,air. Dress Goods. The assertion, that we carry the largest assortment of Drees Goods in the city, has never been disputed. And justly so, as a visit to our Ptorc will con vince you. In regards to qual ity and price we are not one wit behind the quantity. We are always the lowest in price for quality of goods. A visit here will always prove this to be correct. A few items only. All wool Novelties, .35 in. wide, 23c the yd. A window full of them. AM wool Novelties, 38 in. wide, 42 and 50c the yd. Comforts. Just received an elegant line of these goods. They are priced for quick selling. Don't delay. 1.00, 1.25, $17!. Worth 1.25, 150, $2.00. Lamps. You can buy a lamp any where. But what kind is it? Made by some one to sell cheap, consequently they are made poorly. We don't sell that kind. Ours are made by the best of firms, and they are well made. Our assortment is the finest and largest and the prices for the quality of the goods can't be equaled in town. Lamps anywhere from 75c to $20.00. Dishes. We sell more dishes than all the other stores combined. Why ? Because we buy them right, and consequently sell them lower than others. Our assortment is largest to select from. Just received a lot of newest designs and natterns of chamber sets. Special Winter Excursions to Old Point Oomfort, Lakewood, Etc- The Philadelphia & Reading Rail way has placed on sale at ail its principal offices, winter excursion tickets to Old Point Comfort, Lake wood, Atlantic City, Cape May and other prominent winter resorts in New Jersey and Virginia. These tickets are on sale at low rates with very liberal return limits. For full informa tion as to routes, rates, &c, consult any Philadelphia & Reading Agent, or address Edson J. Weeks, General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. We are in receipt of the Columbia Pad Calendar for 1898, from the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. It is a very useful memorandum block, filled with brig'it readable thoughts and attractive pic tures. 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